Realms of Despair is the ever growing home of the SMAUG codebase. Completely free, RoD offers over 150 original, unique areas and offers rp, pk, a multitude of guilds, orders, clans, sects, and nation based organizations. RoD has something for everyone.

Date Added

20th August, 2001

Codebase

Smaug
- Development ground for SMAUG

World Size

Gigantic (20001+ rooms)

World Originality

Mostly Original

Game Rating

Inappropriate for children under 13

Player Killing

Restricted Playerkilling

Roleplaying

Encouraged

Online Status

Fully Operational

Category

Medieval Fantasy

Ranking Category

Game-Medieval

Avg Players Online

101-250

Year Created

1994

Vote URL

http://www.topmudsites.com/vote-thoric.html

Features

Supports ANSI Color

Has Quests

Class Based System

Level Based System

Has Clans/Cabals

Equip saves on exit

Accepts Reviews

New accounts require validation

Free to Play

Realms of Despair - MUD Description

Realms of Despair is the original Smaug MUD. We have an active Roleplaying community, an active player-killing community, and a very active peaceful community. Players can choose from 13 classes (inluding one deadly-only class) and 13 races. Characters appearances are customizable on creation and we have a vast collection of equipment that is level/gender/class/race specific.

We boast well over 150 original, exclusive areas, with a total of over 20,000 rooms. Mob killing, or "running" is one of our most popular activities, with monster difficulties varying from easy one-player kills to difficult group kills.

We have four deadly-only Clans and many peaceful-only Guilds and Orders for players to join to interact closer with other players. We have two councils which are actively working towards helping players.

The Symposium, which hears ideas for changes, and the Newbie Council which is always willing to help out new players. Our team of Immortals are always willing to answer any questions and to help out however necessary.

With a player base of over 20,000 characters, and regularly seeing between 200 and 400 characters online at a time, we're a very popular, incredibly stable MUD, so come try us and you might find not only a fun game, but a fun community too!